Notes from Underground
A bitter, hyper-conscious man retreats from society to wrestle with free will, spite, and the stubborn irrationality of human nature.
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The Alchemist
A classic novel about Santiago, a boy who embarks on a journey seeking treasure in Egypt, learning the true importance of self-improvement and what really matters in life.
The Day of the Triffids
This book is fantastic and frightening, but entirely plausible. It doesn't just seem scientifically possible, but its characters are living people shaken out of the civilization they know into the horror of a world domin…
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury's dystopian masterpiece about a fireman whose job is to burn books, until a chance encounter makes him question everything about his society's war on knowledge.
Momo
Momo is a modern fairytale that shows the fight between good and evil in our contemporary society, focusing on the lack of time to care for other people.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
A fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection.
The Catcher in the Rye
The novel is a deeper reflection of Salinger's own youth, his complicated relationship with growing up and the generational trauma affected by World War II.
Lord of the Flies
Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse. It has established itself as a true classic. The book focuses on a group of British boys stranded …
Animal Farm
Orwell's political allegory about a farmyard rebellion that descends into tyranny, exposing how power corrupts even the most idealistic revolutions.
The call of Cthulhu
Lovecraft's foundational cosmic horror tale about the discovery of an ancient underwater entity whose awakening threatens all of humanity and sanity itself.
The metamorphosis
Kafka's iconic novella about alienation and identity. Gregor Samsa wakes as a monstrous insect and must confront his family's revulsion and his own fading humanity.
1984
One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party.